5 ways you can improve your sales skills right now
February 20, 2018 Leave a comment
By ReLita Clarke, learning and development manager
I’ve spent nearly 13 years designing training plans for sales teams and one of the most frequent questions I get is, “Are good salespeople just born to sell or are good salespeople created over time?”
I firmly believe good salespeople are created over time. There’s a natural personality trait in salespeople where they enjoy interacting with and meeting new people and they have a natural tendency to compete. But to really hone your sales skills takes a lot of trial and error and being able to change course after facing a challenge. It takes time to be good and it’s not something you can automatically jump into.
In my time as a trainer, I’ve given lots of advice to salespeople and the managers who lead teams and here are a few of my top recommendations: